Collaborate Disseminate
Astronomers have been keenly watching the asteroid Didymos since the historic DART mission successfully crashed a spacecraft into it last month. And now, Hubble has detected something unexpected – the asteroid has sprouted two tails.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Asteroid grows two tails after DART spacecraft collision
As the dinosaurs could attest, it’s worth keeping an eye on any big space rocks that might be buzzing around Earth. A fleet of observatories are doing just that, and astronomers have now announced that we’ve just ticked over the milestone of 30,000 nea… Continue reading Near-Earth asteroid tally ticks over 30,000 milestone
Last month, NASA purposely crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to knock it off course, and the results are now in. Scientists have analyzed telescope data of the historic impact and confirmed the path of Dimorphos was successfully alter… Continue reading NASA’s asteroid-ramming mission shortened Dimorphos’ orbit by 32 minutes
One of planet Earth’s single worst days ever occurred around 66 million years ago, when a huge asteroid slammed into Earth and wiped out most life, including the dinosaurs. Now a pair of new studies has identified more evidence for just how bad things … Continue reading Dino-killing asteroid set off mile-high tsunami and month-long mega-quake
Last week, NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an event witnessed by millions of people around the world. It turns out we weren’t the only ones watching – a suite of telescopes was also monitoring the collision and its aftermath, including Hu… Continue reading Telescope trio captures 10,000-km tail in asteroid impact aftermath
Dozens of Earth-based telescopes were trained on the Dimorphos asteroid as it was struck by NASA’s DART spacecraft yesterday, but scientists also had some eyes in the sky. A nearby CubeSat satellite deployed specifically to photograph the event from cl… Continue reading “Mini-photographer” CubeSat relays explosive pics of NASA asteroid crash
An audacious planetary defense mission reached a historic crescendo today, with a NASA probe spectacularly crashing into the asteroid Dimorphos, obliterating itself in the process. The world-first attempt to bounce an asteroid off course has been haile… Continue reading NASA probe smashes into an asteroid in historic test for planetary defense
Got any plans for tonight? No? Well then you’re in luck, because NASA is just a few hours from intentionally smashing a probe into the minor planet Dimorphos as part …read more Continue reading Watch NASA Crash a Probe Into an Asteroid Tonight
It’s the stuff of sci-fi disaster films. What do we do if an asteroid is on a collision course with our home planet? One option might be the use of brute force, sending a spacecraft to intervene in the asteroid’s trajectory to simply knock it off cours… Continue reading The unpredictabilities of NASA’s wild plan to ram an asteroid off course
Australian scientists have discovered strangely folded diamonds in rare meteorite samples. In investigating how they came to form, the team found evidence that they were forged in a cataclysm on an ancient dwarf planet.Continue ReadingCategory: Materia… Continue reading Mysterious folded diamonds traced back to ancient dwarf planet cataclysm